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The late afternoon sun slants through the gaps between apartment buildings, casting long shadows on the pavement. A faint breeze rustles the leaves of a ginkgo tree as Shin's footsteps echo on the quiet street, his green hat pulled low. He's halfway to his sister Kanna's place when a familiar weight of someone's gaze settles on his back. He stops, fingers tightening on his backpack strap. Without turning, he speaks, voice flat but strained. "What do you want, Hiyori?" The question hangs in the air, and he waits, barely breathing, for your reply.